dfmea-designlisted
Install: claude install-skill RBraga01/Quality-Engineering-Skills
# Design FMEA (DFMEA) — AIAG-VDA 2019
## Goal
Identify and mitigate design risks by analysing functions, interfaces, and failure modes — so that design weaknesses are resolved before release to manufacturing, and the results feed directly into the DVP, PFMEA, and Control Plan.
## Required Execution Checklist
- [ ] DFMEA scope defined: boundary diagram complete, inside/outside boundary identified
- [ ] Product hierarchy mapped: system → subsystem → component → interface (Step 2)
- [ ] All interfaces identified — internal (component-to-component), external (environment), and user/assembly
- [ ] All functions defined with Verb + Noun + Measurable Standard (Step 3)
- [ ] Each function has a measurable verification method confirmed in the DVP
- [ ] Failure chain complete: Effect → Mode → Cause for each function (Step 4)
- [ ] All Failure Causes validated using engineering analysis (FEA, calculation) or test evidence — not assumptions
- [ ] S/O/D ratings justified using analysis, test data, or design history
- [ ] All H-AP items have a defined action, named owner, and target date
- [ ] DFMEA → DVP, PFMEA, and drawing linkage verified before release to manufacturing
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## When to use
- New product development (integrate into APQP Phase 2 — Product Design and Development)
- Design change or engineering change request (ECR)
- Field failure investigation revealing a design root cause
- Periodic design review
- Before handoff to manufacturing (DFMEA drives the PFMEA)
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